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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 842
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2023Mr. Moylan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Defense Base Act to exclude Guam.
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Inapplicability of Defense Base Act to Guam
Subsection (b) of section 1 of the Defense Base Act (Chapter 357; 55 Stat. 622; 42 U.S.C. 1651) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting and Guam;; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(5) the term Territory or possession outside the continental United States does not include Guam.
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